Todd and Julie Chrisley are lastly residence — however returning to regular life hasn’t been as straightforward as you may assume.
The Chrisley Is aware of Finest stars, who have been granted full presidential pardons by President Donald Trump in Might 2025 after serving greater than two years behind bars, opened up through the July 23 episode of their “Chrisley Confessions 2.0” podcast in regards to the sudden challenges they’ve confronted since their launch.
“I’ve really talked to a couple of the ladies that I used to be in jail with that [that are] already residence,” Julie, 52, shared. “And all of us have this normal consensus that — it’s form of bizarre to even say it…”
Her husband Todd, 56, rapidly jumped in: “No, it’s not bizarre. Life is rougher than jail life. I imply, that’s a tragic factor to say as a result of it’s so horrific, the situations that you simply’re there for however that’s from a bodily standpoint, however from an emotional and psychological standpoint, it’s more durable coping with day after day.”
Julie elaborated, explaining that whereas incarcerated, there was no less than a way of psychological simplicity. “There’s little or no you are able to do since you’re in jail … And other people informed me this once I first obtained there, you’ll be able to’t reside on the market and in right here on the identical time as a result of it’ll actually run you loopy,” she mentioned. “And the longer you’re there, the extra eliminated you develop into to the world.”
The couple, who have been initially sentenced in November 2022 to a mixed 19 years in jail for expenses together with financial institution and wire fraud and tax evasion, have been vocal in regards to the toll it took on them — and their household. Julie mirrored on the heartbreak of being away from their youngsters, Savannah, Grayson, Chase and Chloe, saying that over time, survival instincts kicked in.
“The longer that individuals are away from their youngsters, as loopy because it sounds — as a result of it’s a double edged sword — the simpler it turns into since you get into your individual routine,” she mentioned. “It doesn’t imply you don’t miss them, you don’t love ‘em… I needed to simply be careful for me. I needed to maintain me. I needed to ensure that I used to be good, pretty much as good as I could possibly be. Bodily, mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and that’s all I may actually do.”
Now that they’re residence, they are saying adjusting has been a crash course in actuality. “We didn’t need to go to a midway home. So, we don’t need to reply to a probation officer. We’re not restricted as to the place we are able to go and the way we are able to transfer. So, I feel we have been thrown proper again into the actual world,” Julie mentioned.
Todd additionally took a second to thank President Trump, who introduced their pardons throughout a Might 27 telephone name with their youngsters. “It’s a horrible factor, nevertheless it’s an excellent factor, as a result of your dad and mom are going to be free and clear,” Trump mentioned within the dialog, which was later shared on X. “I don’t know them, however give them my regards and need them a superb luck.”
The pardons marked the tip of a protracted authorized battle for the Chrisleys. Their preliminary 19-year sentence was diminished in 2023, and although they continued to enchantment, it wasn’t till Trump’s intervention that their freedom turned official.
